by Darren | Friday, 31 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The Oxford Partnership’s analysis of the on-trade indicates that trading volumes show little hope for a recovery of the sector in early 2022. The final data analysis of 2021 shows more than 15 million fewer pints sold and venues losing an average of £4,300 in draught...
by Darren | Friday, 31 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News, Pubs and Bars News
Greene King teams have smashed their annual fundraising record for charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support, despite the pandemic. More than £2m has been raised by team members across Greene King’s some 1,600 managed pubs, its breweries in Bury St Edmunds and Dunbar,...
by Darren | Friday, 31 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News, Cornwall news
Sharp’s Brewery is to be the exclusive beer sponsor of the new Cornwall Rugby League Football Club (RLFC), with its Doom Bar Extra Chilled. The club recently received approval from the Rugby Football League (RFL) to compete in the Betfred League 1 next year. Cornwall...
by Darren | Friday, 31 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News
Yakima Chief Hops, the major American hop supplier, has launched a podcast titled Bigger Than Beer. Podcast host Toni Lynn Adams In the first season, it is featuring ‘women+’ from across the industry — from the hop farms to the taprooms — telling their...
by Darren | Thursday, 30 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
West Berkshire Brewery, at the centre of sexism and bullying allegations towards the end of this year, has been purchased by Yattendon Estates. The brewery was established by Dave and Helen Maggs in 1995, originally operating on a five-barrel plant. The business grew...
by Darren | Wednesday, 29 December, 2021 | Pubs and Bars News
A group who rescued the Blue Bell Inn, in Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, have been recognised with the Campaign for Real Ale’s Pub Saving Award. The cover image from the Stoke Ferry Community Enterprise website The Blue Bell, which was the last pub in the village of Stoke...
by Darren | Wednesday, 29 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News, Cornwall news, Pubs and Bars News
Verdant Brewing Co is to open a taproom at its Penryn, Cornwall, base next Thursday, 6th January. Photograph: Verdant Brewing Co The brewery did run taproom events at its original Falmouth base, and has since open bars in that town and in Newquay. It also runs The...
by Darren | Tuesday, 28 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News
A Norfolk brewer is taking on a big challenge in April to raise much-needed awareness and funds for local cancer charity It’s On the Ball. David Holliday gets some training in. Photograph: Moon Gazer Ale David Holliday, of Moon Gazer, will be pushing a barrel of his...
by Darren | Tuesday, 28 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News, Business News, Pubs and Bars News
The hospitality industry in England has welcomed the news that covid restrictions will not be re-examined until the new year. In other parts of Britain limits have been set on numbers meeting, with social distancing and tables service in pubs and bars. On social...
by Darren | Friday, 24 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News, Business News
Spadetown, a new brewery in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, has confirmed that its first beers are now on sale on its home town. The brewery, which was founded by a group of local people with a passion for beer, has delivered four-packs of cans to off sales premises...
by Darren | Thursday, 23 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News, Pubs and Bars News
In the face of the Omicron variant, creative agency House of Greenland is looking to support the hospitality industry with the launch of the Antibody Beer Club (ABC). This is a scheme which offers a free beer, savoured responsibly, to customers who can prove...
by Darren | Thursday, 23 December, 2021 | Beer and Cider News
A new survey shows that one in ten small brewers won’t survive a mooted two-week Covid circuit breaker. Almost a third of brewers say cash reserves would run dry within a month. Nobody wants this to happen: a brewer pouring away beer. Photograph: SIBA The Society of...
